{
  "id": 19807622,
  "title": "Helping Montreal and other cities keep more institutional and commercial food waste out of the dump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/helping-montreal-and-other-cities-keep-more-institutional-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-13T12:20:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-montreal-cities-commercial-food-dump.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Businesses and institutions in just 6% of Montreal's mapped area account for about 100,000 metric tons (110,000 tons) of food waste sent to landfill each year—half of the total amount from nonhousehold sources in the city as a whole, McGill University researchers found. Food service and retail businesses were found to be the biggest contributors.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}